Malcolm Turnbull denounces nuclear energy as ‘not the right fit’ for Australia
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has denounced nuclear energy as being an option for Australia’s energy mix, stating it is “NOT the right fit.”
In a series of posts to X, Turnbull said Australia’s “big advantage” is solar and wind, plus batteries and pumped hydro “to store excess electricity when it is in abundance and use it when it is not”.
Turnbull argued gas peaking plants can also be useful but “while they can turn on and off they don’t soak up surplus electricity during sunny days or windy nights”.
In short to complement renewables you need flexible and despatchable generation (which you can turn on and off).
Nuclear plants do none of that. They run continuously. Cannot be turned on and off at the flick of a switch. Thus even if they weren’t hugely expensive and take decades to build they are NOT the right fit for Australia’s energy mix.
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As AAP reports, premier Chris Minns forecasts a 28-year-old man will be hit with “the most serious charges on offer” after children aged six, three and 10 months were killed in the fire at Lalor Park, in Sydney’s west on Sunday night.
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The NSW premier said the “horrifying and senseless act” had outraged the entire state.
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These children deserved a loving home with safety and security, and instead, they’re gone.
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I can imagine the people of NSW feel enormous sorrow and deep sympathy with the surviving family members this morning, as we also show enormous care and gratitude to our emergency service workers … this is going to leave a deep wound on the state of NSW.
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Jacinta Allan was asked about the airport’s change of heart. She said:
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I certainly welcome the news … [that the] airport’s unreasonable demands that they’ve held for a number of years now to pursue an underground station [do not] stack up. We’re pleased to see that acknowledged, but the consequence of the unreasonable position that has been taken for a number of years now is that this project has been delayed by four years.
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That’s the simple fact and consequence of what we have been trying for years to negotiate with the airport. We needed their approval to be able to get into the airport footprint itself to be able to do early works site investigations. We haven’t been able to do that.
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Allan all but said it’s unlikely the project will be complete by 2030, as the airport had suggested:
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Their position has only changed in the last 24 hours and that does not wash away years of delay that has been caused by the previous insistence [for] an underground station.
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Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has denounced nuclear energy as being an option for Australia’s energy mix, stating it is “NOT the right fit.”
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In a series of posts to X, Turnbull said Australia’s “big advantage” is solar and wind, plus batteries and pumped hydro “to store excess electricity when it is in abundance and use it when it is not”.
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Turnbull argued gas peaking plants can also be useful but “while they can turn on and off they don’t soak up surplus electricity during sunny days or windy nights”.
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In short to complement renewables you need flexible and despatchable generation (which you can turn on and off).
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Nuclear plants do none of that. They run continuously. Cannot be turned on and off at the flick of a switch. Thus even if they weren’t hugely expensive and take decades to build they are NOT the right fit for Australia’s energy mix.
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Three children who had gone missing at the weekend were located safe this morning.
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Police believe the children were with a man known to them earlier in the day when they left a Paradise Point address around 4.30pm in a blue Hyundai i30.
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A 27-year-old man is in police custody on other unrelated charges and is scheduled to appear in court today. Police said the man arrested is the children’s father. Investigations are ongoing.
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Police are continuing to appeal for anyone who may have seen the blue Hyundai i30 travelling between the Gold Coast and Logan areas between 4.30pm and 10pm last night.
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At a press conference early this morning, police alleged the children were inside the vehicle overnight by themselves, before walking to a nearby 7-Eleven where an employee contacted police.
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Fatima Payman was also asked to weigh in on the backgrounding that’s been happening over the last few days from her now ex-colleagues in the media.
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She said it was “bizarre that this may set a precedent that is not really constructive to our modern-day Australia that we’re living in”.
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But in saying that, I’m not going to dwell on what people have been doing. It’s quite flattering that people still want to talk about me and give, you know, information that I’d given to them in confidence, but I’m really focused on what’s to come, you know, what is going to serve the best interests of Western Australians in my capacity as their independent senator.
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Payman said there are friendships she has formed over the past two years as a Labor senator that she hopes to maintain. As for whether the government can rely on her vote on crucial issues going forward, Payman said “it will depend on the bills that are brought forward”.
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Independent senator Fatima Payman has been speaking with ABC News Breakfast following her decision to quit the Labor party last week.
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Payman said it had been a “hectic past few weeks” but she has now travelled home to Perth, receiving a big reception at the airport and spending time with family.
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Asked about her future in parliament as a now-independent senator, Payman said she plans to “try going to every single town” and visiting as many West Australians as she can to “find out what’s important to them … without any boundaries or restrictions of party rules and confinements”.
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Payman also said she hadn’t thought about forming any coalitions “at this stage.”
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The Queensland state government will spend tens of millions to expand abortion access across the state, including a brand-new counselling service.
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The health minister, Shannon Fentiman, announced a $41.8m spend on the sector on the weekend.
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The Labor government legalised abortion in 2018, but residents of regional parts of the state have long struggled to get access to the health service, a problem described as a “postcode lottery”.
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The state is spending $20m recruiting 22 health staff, including nurses and midwives.
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Nurses will be permitted to perform an abortion using the drug later this year when legislation passed in March comes into effect in the second half of the year.
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Each hospital and health service will receive between $1m and $1.6m to pay for the new specialist positions. Fentiman said the funding would mean fewer people would need to travel for healthcare:
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Abortion is a very personal choice, and every Queenslander deserves the level of support and care we are offering with this investment.
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Queensland not-for-profit organisation Children by Choice will receive $8m to provide advice, counselling and referrals to every corner of the state. Its CEO, Jill McKay, said the service is pleased at the state government’s “significant investment to support more equitable access to abortion”.
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Melbourne airport has made a major backdown that could see works finally begin on the last rail link.
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The long-promised train to Melbourne airport was stalled over the state government’s insistence it would only finance a cheaper, above-ground train station instead of the costlier underground option demanded by the airport.
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But in a statement today, the airport said it would support an above-ground station, paving way for works to begin. The airport’s CEO, Lorie Argus, said the airport recognised the need to get on with the rail link in the interests of travellers, the city, Victoria and the airport’s expansion:
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Victorians have waited long enough for an airport rail line. We will work with the Victorian government to deliver their preferred above-ground station at the airport so the rail line can become reality.
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While Melbourne Airport has consistently advocated for an underground station, we are prepared to compromise on our position to ensure we have more transport options in place for the millions of new passengers that will visit Victoria and the airport precinct’s expanding workforce.
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The airport said it would welcome the “immediate recommencement” of discussions with the government over the airport station.
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Queensland police says that three children who had been alerted as missing have been located safe this morning. We will bring you the latest shortly.
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The Northern Territory police commissioner is considering a second youth curfew in Alice Springs after a string of recent incidents including the alleged assault of four off-duty police officers.
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Police say the off-duty officers – three women and a man – were walking along the Todd River walkway about 2.15am on Sunday morning when they were allegedly approached from behind by around 20 young men who proceeded to assault them.
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Police allege that one woman was pulled to the ground and had her bag stolen, another woman was punched in the face, kicked “multiple times” and had her mobile phone taken, while the man was also punched and kicked several times.
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The group of 20 then left the area as the four alleged victims returned to their accomodation and called police, a statement alleged. Two of the women were later taken to Alice Springs hospital for the treatment of minor wounds.
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The Northern Territory police minister, Brent Potter, told the media the alleged assault was the latest in a string of incidents over the past few days, and that the state’s police commissioner, Michael Murphy, was “looking at every option”.
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[Murphy has] told me he is looking at the curfew. It is a power that he has within his means … He’ll make that deduction, that’s up to him, and I’m likely to hear back from him later.
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Police are appealing for any information relating to the alleged incident on Sunday morning, with witnesses urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
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Good morning, and welcome back to a new week on the Australia news live blog. I’m Emily Wind, and I’ll be taking you through our rolling coverage for most of today. Here’s what is making news overnight before we get started.
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AAP is reporting that killer drones that crash kamikaze-like into the enemy will be used by the nation’s elite soldiers, under plans to boost the Australian defence force’s arsenal of lethal unmanned capabilities.
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The Albanese government will today announce it has acquired the loitering munition Switchblade 300, for an amount which it said cannot be disclosed for strategic reasons. The drones will be delivered later this year with the government saying it would also not disclose the number of Switchblade 300s it was buying.
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Queensland police are seeking urgent public assistance to help locate a three-year-old girl, five-year-old boy and six-year-old boy who went missing from Paradise Point on the Gold Coast yesterday afternoon and “may be at significant risk”.
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Police believe the children were with a man known to them earlier in the day when they left a Paradise Point address around 4.30pm in a blue Hyundai i30. The children and vehicle remain outstanding.
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We’ll have more on both these stories shortly.
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As always, you can get in touch with any story tips, thoughts and feedbacks through X, @emilywindwrites, or you can send me an email: emily.wind@theguardian.com.
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Let’s get started.
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Killer drones that crash kamikaze-like into the enemy will be used by the nation’s elite soldiers under plans to boost the Australian defence force’s arsenal of lethal unmanned capabilities, AAP reports.
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The Albanese government will today announce it has acquired the loitering munition Switchblade 300, for an amount which it said cannot be disclosed for strategic reasons. The drones will be delivered later this year with the government saying it would also not disclose the number of Switchblade 300s it was buying.
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Unlike other traditional drones, which are used for reconnaissance, loitering munitions are aerial weapons designed to stay around the area of a target before attacking it directly by crashing into it and exploding.
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They are carried in a backpack before being fired into the air where the wings flick out, hence the name switchblade.
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The defence industry minister, Pat Conroy, said a defence review had made clear that new technology and “asymmetric advantage” were important priorities in modern warfare.
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Any suggestion that we are not investing in drones is factually incorrect. The numbers speak for themselves. The Albanese government, in fact, is investing more than $10bn on drones, including at least $4.3bn on uncrewed aerial systems.
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Sarah Basford Canales
Bill Shorten and Barnaby Joyce on alleged NDIS waste
Continuing from our last post: Bill Shorten hopped on Sunrise opposite the former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce to discuss some of where this alleged waste is happening.
Cryptocurrency, steam rooms and “toys of a sexual nature” are some of the supports the minister said would no longer be available once he was able to pass the bill.
Joyce said he would “put his ass” on it that the Coalition would support changes to curb any claimed wastage.
And I agree 100% that the sooner this is fixed the better, because I do not want to pay. You don’t want to pay for someone to have a wild all night[er] between the sheets on the taxpayers’ ticket, when it actually comes with a bill. I think we’re all on a unity ticket for that.
But Shorten clarified sex workers – despite making a good headline for some politicians and the media – aren’t actually being claimed on the scheme that often.
I just want to also reassure people today who are thinking about the NDIS – there are 380,000 transactions or invoices a day, there’s about 100 million transactions a year. I’m aware of one sex worker being paid for about three years ago.
Sarah Basford Canales
Shorten continues criticism of Greens and opposition over NDIS
The NDIS minister, Bill Shorten, is continuing his rampage against the Greens and the opposition after the unlikely bedfellows teamed up to delay passing changes to the scheme until at least August.
In a nutshell, the NDIS bill is the first legislative response to a major review into the scheme last year, which recommended changes to refocus on supporting those with a functional impairment, rather than those with a diagnosis.
The bill itself will target intraplan inflation – where participants request more funds for supports within a period than originally budgeted for – along with clarifying the two pathways for entry to the scheme, and what items and supports can be funded by participants. It’s been sent back to a parliamentary committee until 5 August for further consideration.
As we’ve reported before, Shorten has already launched a “waste” tracker website – which visualises the claimed “wastage” each second the changes aren’t passed – has brought along One Nation senator Pauline Hanson, and hired a billboard truck to drive around Parliament House and condemn his political foes.
Hell hath no fury like a NDIS minister scorned. And that brings us to this morning.
NSW ‘deeply wounded’ by death of three children in Sydney house fire, premier says
New South Wales has been “deeply wounded” by the devastating death of three young children, after their father allegedly frustrated attempts to rescue them from their burning home.
As AAP reports, premier Chris Minns forecasts a 28-year-old man will be hit with “the most serious charges on offer” after children aged six, three and 10 months were killed in the fire at Lalor Park, in Sydney’s west on Sunday night.
The NSW premier said the “horrifying and senseless act” had outraged the entire state.
These children deserved a loving home with safety and security, and instead, they’re gone.
I can imagine the people of NSW feel enormous sorrow and deep sympathy with the surviving family members this morning, as we also show enormous care and gratitude to our emergency service workers … this is going to leave a deep wound on the state of NSW.
Benita Kolovos
Jacinta Allan says issue of compensation ‘a very, very big question’
Jacinta Allan also raised comments by Melbourne airport this morning regarding possible “redress” from the government for the use of airport land during construction works.
She said this is yet to be negotiated:
What we also have seen this morning is another unresolved issue placed on the table by the airport themselves. So we still clearly have some further negotiation, some further discussions to have with the commonwealth and with the airport as to how we can progress this project because that’s a very, very big question that the airport has raised today – asking for compensation from the government for land that is leased by the government to them for their private operation.
Melbourne airport train link delayed by four years, premier says
Benita Kolovos
Jacinta Allan was asked about the airport’s change of heart. She said:
I certainly welcome the news … [that the] airport’s unreasonable demands that they’ve held for a number of years now to pursue an underground station [do not] stack up. We’re pleased to see that acknowledged, but the consequence of the unreasonable position that has been taken for a number of years now is that this project has been delayed by four years.
That’s the simple fact and consequence of what we have been trying for years to negotiate with the airport. We needed their approval to be able to get into the airport footprint itself to be able to do early works site investigations. We haven’t been able to do that.
Allan all but said it’s unlikely the project will be complete by 2030, as the airport had suggested:
Their position has only changed in the last 24 hours and that does not wash away years of delay that has been caused by the previous insistence [for] an underground station.
Benita Kolovos
Victorian government selects preferred builder for second tunnelling contract as part of suburban rail loop
The Victorian government has announced it has selected a preferred builder for its second tunnelling contract for the suburban rail loop project.
The premier, Jacinta Allan, announced a consortium made up of WeBuild SpA, GS Engineering and Construction Australia and Bouygues Construction Australia had been selected to construct the 10km northern twin tunnels between Glen Waverley and Box Hill.
It comes after the government late last year signed a $3.6bn contract for the tunnels between Cheltenham and Glen Waverley.
There’s no price tag yet for this contract.
Allan says another contract to build a new fleet of trains, fit out the tunnels, install signalling and operate the network will be awarded next year. Two contracts to build six new tunnels will also follow.
We’re expecting plenty of questions why the government is focusing on this end of the rail loop, rather than the western half, which will include the Melbourne airport station. The airport’s operator’s this morning confirmed it will support the government’s plans for an above-ground station, ending a years-long impasse.
Turnbull says he ‘can’t think of anyone less suited to be prime minister’ than Dutton
Malcolm Turnbull’s nuclear energy comments come after he lashed Peter Dutton as a “thug” on The Project last night.
During an interview, Turnbull was asked what kind of prime minister Dutton would make if elected and responded:
I think that’s something we should contemplate with dread.
Well he’s a thug [and] Peter’s got one tune that he plays, [and has] all his political life, and that is division and animosity, generally targeted at immigrants.
I couldn’t think of anyone less suited to be prime minister of a multicultural society like Australia.
Asked if he would vote Labor in the next election, Turnbull responded: “It’s always a chance, I haven’t done so, but you know – there are all sorts of options. It is a secret ballot.”
This isn’t the first time Malcolm Turnbull has denounced the Coalition’s nuclear energy plan. Writing for Guardian Australia last month, the former PM stated:
A nuclear power plant would face the same economic challenges that coal-fired generators do now – for much of the day it would be unable to compete with solar and wind. During those times of excess supply the nuclear plant would add to the excess. That surplus electricity would be taken up by batteries and pumped hydro which would then compete with the nuclear plant during the night.
So the only way the economics of a nuclear plant could be assured in our market would be for the rollout of solar and wind to be constrained. That seems to be [Peter] Dutton’s intention. In other words, the Coalition is planning to intervene in the market to constrain the cheapest form of new generation and use taxpayers’ money to build the most expensive form.
You can read his entire piece below:
Malcolm Turnbull then turned to Aukus:
The reference to nuclear powered subs is fatuous. The submarines to be acquired under Aukus will use weapons grade uranium in sealed reactors which deliberately cannot be maintained in Australia – [former prime minister Scott] Morrison cited this as a positive.
If Australia had opted for naval nuclear propulsion with France using low enriched uranium (comparable to that used in civilian reactors) then a limited civil nuclear industry could have been justified here to support the navy’s nuclear propulsion.
Malcolm Turnbull denounces nuclear energy as ‘not the right fit’ for Australia
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has denounced nuclear energy as being an option for Australia’s energy mix, stating it is “NOT the right fit.”
In a series of posts to X, Turnbull said Australia’s “big advantage” is solar and wind, plus batteries and pumped hydro “to store excess electricity when it is in abundance and use it when it is not”.
Turnbull argued gas peaking plants can also be useful but “while they can turn on and off they don’t soak up surplus electricity during sunny days or windy nights”.
In short to complement renewables you need flexible and despatchable generation (which you can turn on and off).
Nuclear plants do none of that. They run continuously. Cannot be turned on and off at the flick of a switch. Thus even if they weren’t hugely expensive and take decades to build they are NOT the right fit for Australia’s energy mix.
Liberal senator Dave Sharma said the short range weapon system – which could be used between 10 to 15 kilometres – could be effective but didn’t tackle the bigger challenges the defence force faced.
The defence minister needed to be focused on frigates, destroyers, submarines “and the capability gaps we’ve got emerging there”, he said.
It’s an important addition for us but I think the bigger challenges we face as the Australian Defence Force are some of the bigger platforms.
– from AAP
More details on the lethal kamikaze drones being added to defence arsenal
As AAP reports, the Albanese government has announced it will acquire the loitering munition Switchblade 300 to boost the defence force’s arsenal (You can read all the details earlier in the blog here).
The defence industry minister, Pat Conroy, told AAP they can be “carried by a single person and they can obviously be deployed to devastating effect as they have been in Ukraine”.
The acquisition is the first stage of the plan to buy more loitering munitions, with between $500m and $1bn allocated for army drones. Conroy said:
We’re running programs right now to develop Australian drones. And we’re hoping to get them into the inventory as soon as possible.
Nationals senator Ross Cadell welcomed the purchase but said they were “a long way from a game changer”. It couldn’t take out tanks or armoured vehicles but was good against infantry, he told Sky News.
It can take out personnel but between $90,000 and $120,000 a hit, it is a very expensive way of doing that … This is more of an announcement to pretend we’re doing something than actually changing the battlefield.
Further charges laid against man accused of producing online bestiality content
A man who police allege is one of New South Wales’s biggest self-producers of online bestiality content has had an additional 29 charges laid against him.
In February, strike force detectives executed search warrants across Sydney targeting the online sharing of child abuse material, which led them to the online profile of a user under the pseudonym “Beast Boy”.
“Beast Boy” had a large online presence and allegedly used encrypted messaging to share bestiality material, which police say featured the sexual abuse of various animals such as dogs, sheep, goats, chickens and a dead kangaroo.
In April detectives executed a search warrant in Moorland, around 30km north of Taree, and arrested a 38-year-old man.
A dog that was missing from the Grafton area for around five years was seized by the RSPCA and returned to its owner. The man was charged with 20 offences and remains before the courts.
Following further investigation of the seized hard drives, investigators allegedly identified “thousands” of videos and images of bestiality and child abuse material. An additional 29 charges will be laid at court today.
The additional charges include seven counts of bestiality, five count of possessing and disseminating bestiality material, committing an act of cruelty upon an animal, as well as possessing child abuse material and 15 counts of using a carriage service to access, transmit and solicit child abuse material.
The man remains on remand and is due to appear at Taree local court.
PNG to appoint acting petroleum minister after MP’s Australian arrest
Papua New Guinea will appoint an acting petroleum minister after Jimmy Maladina stepped down while he faces charges over an alleged domestic assault in Australia, AAP reports.
The 58-year-old was charged over an alleged domestic dispute after police were called to an address in Sydney’s eastern suburb of Bondi and found a 31-year-old woman with facial injuries on Saturday.
He was arrested and taken to Waverley police station where he was charged and will appear before the local court on Thursday.
Maladina has been granted bail, with conditions including not contacting the alleged victim or anyone she has a domestic relationship with, assaulting or threatening her or stalking, harassing or intimidating her.
“You must not approach or be in the company of [the alleged victim] for at least 12 hours after drinking alcohol or taking illicit drugs,” the bail conditions state.
A PNG governor said he was “deeply embarrassed” at the arrest and expressed sympathy for the alleged victim.
Governor of East Sepik province, Allan Bird, said the allegation was deeply concerning given “violence against women in PNG has reached pandemic proportions and our women and girls continue to live in fear”.
Kylea Tink says office ‘inundated’ with concerned calls about proposed redistribution
A petition to save the North Sydney electorate from the chopping block at the next election has garnered nearly 1500 signatures, after being launched a few days ago.
As Amy Remeikis reported last month, the Australian Electoral Commission proposed North Sydney – one of the country’s oldest electorates – be abolished in a boundary shake-up that could have far-reaching consequences for the major parties.
Independent North Sydney MP Kylea Tink said her office has been “inundated” with calls and emails from “hundreds of passionate North Sydney residents” concerned about the proposed boundary redistribution.
While the major parties have been silent after the AEC’s draft plans were announced, and seem quietly happy to see North Sydney abolished, many in the community are not.
It’s clear that people are worried about losing our voice, our unique sense of identity and social cohesion, while many have said they are concerned about being disconnected from sports facilities, schools, businesses, and community groups.
The growing North Sydney community, as well the 28,000 businesses that call the area home, have unique perspectives and needs that differ from the surrounding electorates we are proposed to be absorbed into.
Three Queensland children found at service station after being reported missing
Three children who had gone missing at the weekend were located safe this morning.
An amber alert was issued this morning after a three-year-old girl, five-year-old boy and six-year-old boy went missing from the Gold Coast yesterday afternoon.
Police believe the children were with a man known to them earlier in the day when they left a Paradise Point address around 4.30pm in a blue Hyundai i30.
Queensland police were advised that the children were found at a service station in Mount Warren Park around 7am this morning, and the blue Hyundai was located nearby a short time later.
A 27-year-old man is in police custody on other unrelated charges and is scheduled to appear in court today. Police said the man arrested is the children’s father. Investigations are ongoing.
Police are continuing to appeal for anyone who may have seen the blue Hyundai i30 travelling between the Gold Coast and Logan areas between 4.30pm and 10pm last night.
At a press conference early this morning, police alleged the children were inside the vehicle overnight by themselves, before walking to a nearby 7-Eleven where an employee contacted police.
NT police commissioner yet to make a decision on new curfew, union says
Nathan Finn, president of the Northern Territory Police Association, spoke with ABC News Breakfast earlier amid discussions around a second youth curfew in Alice Springs.
We had more on this earlier in the blog here, in case you missed it.
Finn said at this stage the association was not anticipating a curfew to be announced, but that the police commissioner was yet to make a decision.
I have spoken to the commissioner this morning, he’s relayed his concerns of obviously what’s occurred in the Alice Springs in the last 72 hours. He’s in consultation with his command team to make that determination whether the curfew is required.
Finn said there are a number of considerations around whether to call a curfew, including “whether we’ve got enough resources to actually police this curfew”.
It’s sad we’re talking about this only three months prior to the previous one made in Alice Springs … It’s a tough decision to make but a decision that needs to be made by the commissioner and local command team in respect to obviously placing that curfew in. We need those resources, though, to make sure we can police the curfew if that’s the decision that’s made.